The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 40

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 774

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CHAMBERLIN, Walter Howard, lawyer; born Detroit, Feb. 9, 1866; son Lewis H. and Char- lotte A. (LeSeur) Chamberlin; ed. Detroit; learned mechanics practically in machine shop of Detroit Stove Works; married Detroit, June . 4, 1889, Ida May Church; children: Edith May, Lewis Church, Frederic Walter, Helen Alice. Began study of law in offices of Wells W. Leg- gett; became his partner, 1889; admitted to bar at Detroit, Jan. 1890; removed to Chicago, Jan. 1891; asst. commr. of patents of U.S., Mar. 22, 1900-Mar. 31, 1901; now member law firm of Chamberlin & Freudenreich. Republican. Mem. Loyal Legion. Mason, K.T. Mem. Law Club, Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Cosmos (Washing- ton), Union League, Chicago Athletic, Birch- wood Country, Edgewater Golf. Residence: 1227 Sherwin Av. Office: Marquette Bldg.

CHAMPION, Theron John, editor; see Vol. 1905.

CHAMPLIN, Daniel H., printing machinery; born Westerly, R.I., Aug. 7, 1861; son Charles and Eliza A. (Cottrell) Champlin; ed. public schools of Westerly and Hopkinton, R.I., and at Alfred Univ., 1877-9; married Westerly, Aug. 25, 1880, Anna Lewis Stanton; 1 daughter: Mar- jorie Stanton (now deceased). Began business career in employ of C. B. Cottrell & Sons Co., printing press mfrs., Westerly; mgr. western office of the firm, with headquarters in Chicago, 1889-97; vice-pres. and mgr. D. H. Champlin & Co., mfrs. and dealers in printing and book- binding machinery, 1898-9; member firm of Champlin & Smith, in same business, 1899-1906, since alone; western agent Potter Printing Press Co., Brown Folding Machine Co., Cummings Machine Co. Republican. Was mem. of Co. E, Westerly Rifles, R.I. State Militia, 1880-9. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 157 W. Adams St.

CHANCELLOR, Justus, lawyer; born Ox- ford, Ind., Oct. 12, 1863; son John Cooper and Elizabeth Jennie (Justus) Chancellor; ed. com- mon schools of Ind .; grad. Vincennes (Ind.) High Sch., 1881; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law (Northwestern Univ.), 1886; married Hattie Theodotia Lincoln Harper, of Hartford, W.Va., May 2, 1889; 2 children: Leola and Justus, Jr. In practice in Chicago since 1886; mem. firm of Thornton & Chancellor. Mem. Internat., Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns., Chicago Real Estate Bd. Republican. Scottish Rite Mason, K.T., Shriner; K.P. Clubs: Marquette, Play Go- ers. Recreations: automobiling, farming and mfg. Residence: 848 Wellington Av. Office: 1505 Heyworth Bldg.

CHANDLER, Buckingham, real estate; born Florence, Italy, Feb. 22, 1878; son Frank R. and Anna Sophia (Buckingham) Chandler; ed. Og- den (pub.) School, Chicago, 1889-90; Univer- sity School, Chicago, 1890-6; Harvard Univ., 1896-9, completing 4-year course in 3 years

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and taking leave of absence for last year, re- ceiving A.B. degree with class of 1900. On leaving Harvard in 1899 became a clerk in the real estate office of Chandler & Co .; became mgr. of sales dept., Jan. 1, 1901, and bought the business from Frank R. Chandler, Jan. 1, 1902, conducting it as Chandler & Co., until May 1, 1902, when combined with Henry A. Knott & Co., in firm of Knott, Chandler & Co .; since Mar. 1908 firm known as Chandler, Hil- dreth & Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Clubs: Harvard (New York), Uni- versity, City, South Shore Country, Harvard (Chicago). Recreation: motoring .. Residence: 744 Rush St. Office: 30 N. Dearborn St.

CHANDLER, Charles, univ. prof .; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1871, A.M., 1874. Teacher of langs., Pontiac (Mich.) High Sch., 1871-4; tutor in Acad. and instr. in Latin, Denison Univ., 1874- 6; prof. Latin lang. and lit., Denison Univ., 1876-91; prof. Latin, Univ. of Chicago, since 1892. Residence: 1511 E. 60th St.

CHANDLER, Charles H., merchant; born De- troit, Mich., Dec. 8, 1859; son Henry B. and Mary (Watson) Chandler; came to Chicago in 1861; ed. pub. grammar and high schools of Chicago; married Mary, daughter Judge George Gardner, of Chicago, 1883 (she died Mar. 1903). Began business career as clerk in 1880, assist- ed in organizing, and in 1905 incorporated Thayer & Chandler, artists' materials, of which is sec. and treas .; also dir. Mackie-Lovejoy Mfg. Co., and Utah Gas Co. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 1733 Asbury Av., Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: 737-739 Jackson Boul.

CHANDLER, Charles T., fire insurance; born Galena, Ill .; at age of 8 came to Chicago with parents; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Min- eral Point, Wis., 1893. Entered fire ins. busi- ness, 1877, and was 4 years in Chicago office of North British and Mercantile Ins. Co., and 2 years in general agency of Phenix of Brooklyn; 1 year with general agency of Niagara Ins. Co .; then went to Minneapolis as asst. of inspection and ratings, 1884-5; inspector Chicago Fire Un- derwriters' Assn., 1885, and later supt. of the Cook Co. Compact; returned to agency field, 1889, as special agent. for Cook Co. for Nat. Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford; since then continu- ously in fire ins. agency business, and since May 1, 1905, of firm of Waller, Chandler & Grey. Clubs: North Shore Golf, Kenilworth. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: Nat. Life Building.

CHANDLER, Frank Randolph, retired; born Putney, Windham Co., Vt., Oct. 2, 1840; son Peyton Randolph and Levinah (Knight) Chan- dler; ed. Saxton's River (Vt.) Acad., 1853; Ward Seminary, Westminster, Vt., 1855; Ft. Edward (N.Y.) Inst., 1856; Claverack Inst. (N. Y.), 1857; Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., 1858; married Chicago, Feb. 4, 1868, An- na Sophia Buckingham; children: Buckingham, Isabel Buckingham. Clerk in Bank of Bellows Falls, Vt., 1858; clerk in insurance office of S. H. Price, Chicago, 1860; clerk in J. Y. Scam- mon's marine banking co., Chicago, 1861; asst. mgr. E. I. Tinkham's clearing house for Ill. bank currency, 1862; paying teller Solomon Sturges & Sons, bank, 1863; treas. Chicago Dock Co., 1865; asst. cashier Third Nat. Bank, 1866; agent Red River Iron Mfg. Co., 1867; member firm of Chandler, Pomeroy & Noyes, grain commn. merchants, 1869, changing to Chandler, Pomeroy & Co., on retirement of E. H. Noyes, 1871; mem. firm of Chandler & Co. (with Peyton R. Chandler), first mortgages on real estate and loan agents of Hetty H. R. Green, 1873; pres. of Chandler Mortgage Co., 1897, until May 1, 1902, when sold out to Knott, Chandler & Co., and retired from active busi- ness. Pres. Cottage Grove Mfg. Co. Mem. Chi- cago Historical Soc., Chicago Art Inst., Field

Columbian Museum, Citizens' Assn. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union, Union League. Edited and published Assessors' Land Valua- tions of City of Chicago, 1908. Residence: 744 Rush St.

CHANDLER, Fremont Elmer, physician; born Waupaca, Wis., Oct. 31, 1861; son Augustus H. and Susan (Woodward) Chandler; grad. from Waupaca (Wis.) High School, 1879; B.S., Univ. of Wis., 1886; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1893; married Whitewater, Wis., Aug. 28, 1889, Mary R., daughter of Dr. S. Saxe; children: Louise, Fremont Augustus, William Stephen, Ruth, Edwin Woodward, Arthur Homer. Was pub. school teacher in Wis. for 6 years before entering upon med. course; interne Augustana Hosp., 18 months, ending in 1894; surgeon Chi- cago Union Hosp .; physician Bethany Home for the Aged; surgeon Chicago Union Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn. Republican. Baptist; member Chicago Baptist Social Union. Recreations: hunting, fishing, boating. Office and Residence: 1042 Barry Av.

CHANDLER, Hannibal Harlow, publisher; born Freleighsburg, Que., Can., July 22, 1844; son Harlow and Olive Porter (Hibbard) Chan- dler; ed. pub. schools of Quebec; married Chi- cago, July 1, 1869, Mary Jane Jenning Wilce; children: Edwin Wilce, Mary Olive, Jessie Jane, Hannibal Harlow, Jennie Hibbard (Mrs. John- son). Employed on Chicago Times under Wil- bur F. Storey as bookkeeper, 1865, and later as asst. mgr. until 1870, when established a news- paper advertising agency under firm name of H. H. Chandler & Co. In 1878 established The Chicago Grocer, and in 1879 The Western Drug- gist; also established the Chicago Medical Re- view; in 1883 bought The Farmers' Review; in 1907, established the Revista Agricola (Spanish agricultural magazine), for circulation in Mex- ico and S. Am. republics; was pres. H. H. Chan- dler & Co., publishers; retired from business, 1909. Mem. Kenwood Evangelical Church, Ag- ricultural Press League. Clubs: Highland Park, Exmoor. Residence: 507 S. Sheridan Rd., High- land Park, Ill.

CHANDLER, Homer Weed, lumber dealer; born Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 1, 1865; son Homer S. and Caroline (Weed) Chandler; came to Chica- go, 1872; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, Jan. 5, 1893, Mary Stryker; 1 daughter: Gloria. Began with lumber firm of Waldo, Schillo & Chandler, and later became sec. and treas. of the Home Lumber Co .; sec. and treas. Chandler Lumber Co., 1901-8, which was originally the Central Lumber Co., organized in 1891, chang- ing to its present name in 1902; Chandler Lum- ber Co. merged with Rittenhouse & Embree Co., Apr. 1, 1908, of which has since been treas. Republican. Clubs : Chicago Athletic, Glen View. Residence: 5479 East End Av. Office: 3500 Cen- tre Av.

CHANDLER, Joseph Harvey, lawyer; born Niles, Cayuga Co., N.Y., July 30, 1842; son Sam- uel and Eliza Chandler; ed. pub. schools, Mora- via, N. Y .; removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., 1857, and taught school until 1861; private 6th Mich. Cav., 1862-4; capt. 115th U.S.C.T., 1864-6, serv- ing through Civil War; studied in law dept., Univ. of Mich., and in law office at Houghton, Mich .; married October 9, 1870, Edmonia M. Holland, of Indianapolis; 2 daughters: Mary M., Sarah F. (both married.) Admitted to Mich. bar, 1869; was atty. for some of the leading copper cos .; for 4 years atty. for Houghton Co .. Mich., and 1 term state senator; removed to Chicago, 1887, as gen. solicitor for a mining and railroad syndicate which had purchased the Minn. iron mines and the Duluth & Iron Range R.R .; special counsel for all corpns, in Minn. and Mich. in which the U. S. Steel Corpn. was interested, 1901-4. Mem. Loyal Legion, G.A.R. Club: Chicago. Residence: 878 N. Clark St. Of- fice: Ry. Exchange.

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CHANDLER, Reuben Grigsby, broker; born Rockbridge Co., Va., Dec. 16, 1852; son Nor- borne ES. and Lucy (Grigsby) Chandler; ed. pvt. schs. and Va. Mil. Inst., class of 1873; married Virginia Hamilton, of Chicago, Nov. 28, 1883 (died Nov. 1, 1894); children: Virginia, Ruby, Walter. Came to Chicago in 1875 and entered employ of Rumsey & Walker until 1880, when engaged in grain commn. business with J. Frank Rumsey under the firm name of Rumsey & Chandler, which continued until 1885 when the firmn dissolved and he continued in the same line for 20 years; in 1905 assisted in organiz- ing the present firm of Hulburd, Warren & Chandler, stock brokers and commn. merchants, of which has since been a mem. Pres. Chicago Board of Trade, 1903. Organized and was Ist lt. of Co. K, 1st Regt. Inf. I.N.G. Democrat. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Onwentsia, Exmoor Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 106 Belle- vue Pl. Office: 130 S. LaSalle St.

CHANDLER, St. Lawrence, banker; born Bic, P.Q., Can., Oct. 24, 1871; son Libert Chandler (civil engr., D.L.S.) and Marion (Holmes) Chan- dler; early edn. by private tutor; grad. Bish- op's College School, Lennoxville, P.Q., 1889; married Aug. 17, 1907, Bertha Careau. Began with the Molson Bank of Montreal, 1889; later consecutively with Am. Exchange Nat. Bank (Chicago), American Nat. Bank, Corn Exchange Nat. Bank, and Hibernian Banking Assn. until Jan. 1, 1901, when entered the stove business as asst. mgr. of the western branch of the Ger- mer Stove Co., of Erie, Pa., and mgr. of the U. S. Stove Co .; then with Armour & Co., Chi- cago; now cashier Cosmopolitan Bank of Chi- cago. Sec. Commercial Interchange. Democrat. Episcopalian. Author: A Human Note, 1906. Recreation: literature. Residence: 3238 South Park Av. Office: 164 W. Washington St.

CHANDLER, Walter Temple, wholesale gro- cer; born Rockbridge Co., Va., Mar. 5, 1855; son Norborne E. and Lucy (Grigsby) Chandler; ed. private schools of Rockbridge Co. and Wash- ington and Lee Univ., Lexington, Va. Came to Chicago, Mar. 1872; was first employed as office boy with E. H. Noyes & Co., grain commn. mer- chants; entered house of Franklin MacVeagh & Co., July, 1872, with which he has since been connected, first as office boy, then in receiving and shipping dept. as clerk, from that to sales- man and dept. mgr., and, in 1882, was admitted to partnership in the firm; became vice-pres. on incorporation in 1909. Democrat. Club: Ex- moor. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: Wabash Av. and Lake St.

CHANDLER, William Blackmar, underwrit- er; born Columbus, Ga., Jan. 5, 1871; son Henry W. and Laura E. (McAllister) Chandler; prep. edn. pub. and private schools, and Smith Acad., St. Louis; married Carolyn Kaltenbrun, of Wil- mette, Ill., Sept. 18, 1909. Was engaged on Board of Trade in St. Louis, 1891-5; came to Chicago in 1895 and engaged in ins. business; mgr. Western dept. of the North Am. Accident Ins. Co. since 1898; also head of W. B. Chandler & Co., gen. ins. underwriters. Independent in politics. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Southern. Recreations: athlet- ics, motoring. Residence: 4512 Racine Av. Of- fice: 831-857 The Rookery.

CHANNON, Harry, merchant and mfr .; born Chicago, Nov. 9, 1868; son Henry Channon (of Bridgewater, Eng.) and Elizabeth (Smith) Channon; ed. North Division High School, Chi- cago; married London, Eng., Vesta Miller West- over, of Chicago, Aug. 1893; 1 son: Henry, III. With the H. Channon Co. since 1886; sec. and dir. since 1889 (firm founded by father, 1878, as a ship-chandlery supply house); also treas. Union Elevator & Machine Co .; sec. and treas. Jackson Shovel & Tool Co., Montpelier, Ind. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Clubs: Union League, Twentieth Cen- tury, Chicago Athletic, Exmoor Country. Rec-

reations: golf, fishing. Residence: 1434 Astor St. Office: Market and Randolph Sts.

CHANNON, Henry, ship and ry. supplies; born Bridgewater, Eng., Feb. 24, 1834; son Hen- ry and Elizabeth (Dyer) Channon; ed. schools in England; married Chicago, Dec. 24, 1860, Elizabeth Smith; children: James H., Harry, Henry, Grace. After leaving school became a sailor and sailed all over the world; came to Chicago, 1858, and sailed the Great Lakes, in command of vessels, for 8 years; then came ashore and was engaged in business connected with lake-carrying traffic until 1876, when be- gan to deal in ship and railroad supplies, and in 1881 incorporated H. Channon & Co., of which he is pres .; also established related mfg. indus- tries, and is a dir. in the Jackson Shovel Co., the Union Elevator & Machine Co., and the Modern Machinery Publishing Co. Republican. Mason. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 151 S. Dearborn Av. Office: Market and Randolph Streets.

CHANNON, James Harrison; born Chicago, July 24, 1866; son Henry and Elizabeth (Smith) Channon; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Chicago, Oct. 7, 1891, Leigh Ashton Arey; chil- dren: Katharine, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Ruth. In 1882 entered service of H. Channon Co. (of which his father is founder and head), tools and machinery; now vice-pres. of the co. Also pres. Union Elevator & Machine Co., Jackson Shovel & Tool Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason, K.T. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Glen View, Germania, Forty. Recreation: golf. Residence: 579 Dearborn Av. Office: Mar- ket and Randolph Sts.

CHANUTE, Octave, consulting engr .; 1832- 1910; see Vol. 1905.

CHAPIN, Edward Fisher, commn. merchant; born Brookline, Mass., June 21, 1846; son Na- thaniel G. and Harriet Louisa (Fisher) Chapin; ed. Brookline (Mass.) High School and Harvard Coll .; married Chicago, Sept. 25, 1879, Mary C. Whitney; children: Louisa, Elizabeth, Edward F., Jr., Mary W. In Boston was of firm of Fisher & Chapin; came to Chicago, 1876, and established the firm of Chapin & Edwards, grain commn. merchants, in which has since contin- ued. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republic- an. Recreation: music. Residence: 808 Tower Court. Office: 306 Sherman St.

CHAPIN, Gardner S., sec. and treas. Motor Car Supply Co .; born Chicago, Feb. 22, 1879; son Gardner S. and Lucy E. (Frisbie) Chapin; grad. Shattuck (mil.) School, Faribault, Minn .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1903; unmarried. Assist- ed in organizing the Motor Car Supply Co. of which has since been sec., treas. and dir. Au- thor of Photo Auto Maps, pub. by Rand, Mc- Nally & Co., Chicago. Republican. Mem. Phi Rho Sigma; Mason. Mem. Chicago Trade Assn., etc. Clubs: Chicago Automobile, Chicago Mo- tor, Chicago Aeronautic. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: 1451-1455 Michigan Av.

CHAPIN, Rufus Fisher, banker; born Chi- cago, May 6, 1867; son Rufus and Julia (Fish- er) Chapin; ed. in Elizabeth St. (now Tilden) School, and West Div. High School, graduating, 1885; unmarried. Entered Union Trust Co. as messenger, 1885; has since held clerkships, bookkeepers' and tellers' positions until May 1902, since which time he has been sec. of the co. Also sec. and treas. Mortimer Pure Food Co. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Yacht, Ill. Ath- letic, Rotary. Recreation: billiards. Residence: 1043 Rush St. Office: Tribune Bldg.

CHAPIN, Simeon Brooks, banker and broker; born Milwaukee, Wis., May 31, 1865; son Em- ory D. and Marietta (Armour) Chapin; ed. pub. school, Milwaukee, and Harvard School, Chi- cago; married Chicago, Oct. 5, 1892, Elizabeth E. Mattocks; children: Marietta L., Elizabeth M., Simeon Brooks, Jr. Started with Armour Bros. Banking Co., Kansas City, Mo., in 1881,

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as messenger; with Armour & Co., Chicago, in various depts., 1882-91; banker and broker in stocks, bonds and grain under style of S. B. Chapin & Co. since 1892. Republican. Mem. Plymouth Congregational Church. Clubs: Chi- cago, Union League, Calumet, Chicago Athletic; also Metropolitan and Midday Clubs of New York. Offices: The Rookery, Chicago, and 111 Broadway, New York.

CHAPMAN, Charles Arthur, electrical and mechanical engr .; born Copley, O., Jan. 25, 1874; son Willis D. and Ella A. (Marriner) Chapman; ed. in pub. schools and at Buchtel Coll., Akron, O .; married Besse C. Bailey, of Chicago, June 30, 1897; children: Dorothy and Charles Arthur, Jr. Began business life as electrical engr. with Akron Electrical Mfg. Co., and with Bailey & Kirn, of Akron, O .; electrical engr. for the Walker Co. of Cleveland, and consulting engr. for the Akron St. Ry. & Illuminating Co., de- signing and building for that company all their principal works; later in same capacity with Union Traction Co., Chicago; since 1898 in practice in Chicago as consulting engr .; pres. C. A. Chapman, Incorporated, since 1908. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Engrs.', Hinsdale Golf, Suburban of LaGrange. Residence: West- ern Springs, Ill. Office: 28 E. Jackson Boul.

*CHAPMAN, Charles Augustus; see Vol. 1905.

CHAPMAN, Chauncey Franklin, physician; born LaFayette Co., Wis., July 7, 1862; son Jer- emiah and Elizabeth (Gribble) Chapman; ed. Univ. of Neb., and Chicago Coll. of Pharmacy, Ph.G., 1887; Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, M.D., 1892; married Chicago, 1890, Clotilde Benson (now deceased); married 2d, Mrs. Cora K. Pitcher, of Lincoln, Neb., July 19, 1905. Med. insp. Health Dept. of Chicago since 1893; asst. supt. Dunning Insane Hosp., 1889; examining surgeon West Chicago Rys. Co. since 1899. Mem. Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Chi- cago Pathol. Soc. Democrat. Episcopalian; mem. St. Andrew's Men's Club. Mason (K.T., Shrin- er). Club: Illinois. Recreations: golf, motor- ing. Residence: 3001 Washington Boul. Office: 2257 W. Madison St.

CHAPMAN, Frederick Leslie, journalist, pub- lisher; born near Elgin, Kane Co., Ill., Apr. 21, 1864; son of Samuel and Margaret (Spittal) Chapman; B.A., Amherst (Mass.) Coll., 1888, M.A., 1891; married Louise Lovett Sewall, of Chicago, May 11, 1891; 6 children: Louise, Fred- erick L., Edmund S., Margaret, Helen and John W. Immediately after graduation became man- aging editor of The Interior, with which re- mained, 1891-3; established The Ram's Horn, 1893, and published and edited it until he sold it in 1906, at which time it had the second largest circulation of any periodical of its kind in the world; editor of the Farm Press, since 1908, pres. of Farm Press Co .; also conducts model farms at Lake Geneva, Wis. Trustee of Wheaton (Ill.) Coll. Independent Democrat. Presbyterian. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Rec- reation: farming. Residence: Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: 141 W. Ohio St.

CHAPMAN, James Rounseville, banker; born Westfield, Mass., July 31, 1855; son James L. and Louise J. (Rounseville) Chapman; ed. pub. schools, Hartford, Conn .; married Chicago, 1885, Hclen Farwell. Began as messenger in Nat. Exchange Bank, Hartford, Conn., 1875; came to Chicago, 1882, asst. teller First Nat. Bank, and was promoted, 1886, to note teller; became asst. cashier Am. Trust & Savings Bank, 1889, cash- ier, 1891-1902, and vice-pres. until consolida- tion with Continental Nat. Bank, now Conti- nental & Commercial, of which has since been vice-pres. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian, Bankers'. Residence: 2705 Indiana Av. Office: Continental & Com- mercial Nat. Bank.

CHAPMAN, John Adams, real estate; born Chicago, June 29, 1873; son John E. and Mary

(Adams) Chapman; ed. Univ. School, Chicago, and later at St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., 2 years; Princeton Coll., class of 1895; married Eleanor T. Stickney, of Baltimore, Oct. 24, 1908; 1 daughter: Eleanor Beatrice. Began active ca- reer with Fraser & Chalmers Co., mfrs. of min- ing machinery, 1893; became connected with Great Western Mfg. Co., 1894, and was after- wards appointed receiver of the company when it failed; was with Chicago Telephone Co., 1895- 8; began with McCormick interests, 1898 tak- ing charge of the Reaper Blk., and, 1899, be- came identified with McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., continuing until it was merged with the International Harvester Co .; has had charge of the C. H. McCormick Estate real es- tate properties since 1905; dir. International Harvester Co .; vice-pres. and dir. Belle City Malleable Iron Co .; dir. Ludowici-Celadon Co., The Continent, W. K. Cowan Co. Mem. Build- ing Mgrs.' Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Hamilton, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia. Residence: 1315 Ritchie Pl. Office: 30 N. La- Salle St.

CHAPMAN, John Henry, mfr .; see Vol. 1905. CHAPMAN, Theodore, lawyer; born Jersey- ville, Ill., Sept. 27, 1877; son Theodore S. and Sarah (Landon) Chapman; grad. pub. grammar and high schools, Jerseyville, Ill .; read law in offices of James C. Hutchins, Chicago, and was admitted to the Ill. bar, 1900; unmarried. Be- gan practice in legal dept. of the Ill. Trust & Savings Bank, under his preceptor, in 1900, and remained in that dept. until 1904, when engaged in active practice on his own account for 1 year; upon the incorporation of the Harris Trust & Savings Bank, in 1907, entered their legal dept. and has since remained with them, becoming the counsel for the corpn. in 1909. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago Yacht, Exmoor Country, University of Evanston. Residence: Union League Club. Of- fice: Marquette Bldg.

*CHAPMAN, Walter A., broker; see Vol. 1905. CHARD, Thomas Septimus; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

CHARLES, John Joseph, 2d vice-pres. Hib- bard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co .; born Williams- port, Md., Feb. 5, 1856; son John Joseph and Martha (Cowton) Charles; ed. Racine (Wis.) Coll .; married Evanston, Ill., Apr. 8, 1885, Ida E. Sherman; children: Sherman A., Martha, Frances, John Joseph, Jr. Began business ca- reer with J. V. Farwell's retail store, and in 1873, was employed for a time with Pullman Palace Car Co., until July 15, 1873, when en- tered the service of Hibbard & Spencer, as a boy; later became buyer and salesman. and a dir. in the corpn. of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co .; on Jan. 17, 1911, was elected 2d vice- pres. of the company. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Evanston, Evanston Golf, Glen View. Recreation: golf. Residence: 1310 Hin- man Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: State St. Bridge.

*CHARLTON, Francis M., lawyer; sce Vol. 1905.

CHARLTON, George James, ry. official; born Hamilton, Ont., Sept. 9, 1860; son James and Mary Charlton; ed. pub, and private schools of Hamilton, Ont .; married Oak Park, 111., 18S3. Elizabeth Hilton; children: Katherine, Dorothy. Elvira. Since 1875 continuously in the service of the C.&A.R.R. and its successor. the C.&A. Ry., beginning as messenger boy in the gen. passenger dept. and advanced successively un- til became asst. gen. passenger agent, Mar. 14. 1885, gen. passenger agt., Jan. 1, 1900, and pas- senger traffic mgr .. Dec. 1, 1909. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Union League, Mid-Day, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country, Automobile (Chi- cago), Kansas City (Kansas City), Missouri Athletic (St. Louis). Residence: 163 N. Scoville Av., Oak Park, Il. Office: Railway Exchange.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 40

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 774

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 774